Large of jurors currents and author of the book the crisis of zionism. Another hour of velshi begins now. Now. Good morning, its sunday oo may 5th. Many republican lawmakers have spent the weekend in Sunny Florida where the gop held its annual spring retreat this year. Some of them will have to face the bleak situation that faces them on capitol hill. Thousands of her presenters will be back in session tomorrow. There is one big issue hanging over their heads. Marjorie Taylor Greene is continuing to bow to force a vote to oust the speaker of the house, mike johnson, which she intends to bring in the floor in the coming days. If you didnt already know, marjorie Taylor Greene is big matt that johnson worked with ha democrats to negotiate the passage of some major bills, particularly the latest package of foreign aid that includes 60 billion for ukraine. Aid to ukraine has become a ne contentious point for Many Republican members, driven in no small part by Donald Trumps opposition to sen
It was right on time. Pitch perfect. Thank you. Everyone take note. Yes. Victor is complementing me. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning. So great to have you. Im amara walker. Im victor blackwell. Good to be with you. The United Auto Workers is entering the third day of strikes against three automakers, ford, Ge General Mo and stellantis. The union says they remain far apart in terms of a deal on pay increase and benefits. Former president barack obama weighed in on the strike saturday. He called on the Auto Companies to do right by their workers. Hundreds of Union Members walked the picket lines. They say they are prepared to stick it out in order to get an agreement. Cnns gabe cohen is in ohio with more. Reporter victor, amara, saturday we saw the first small signs of any progress in these negotiations between the union and any of the big three automakers. This after the union met with ford. A source with union telling cnn, we had reasonably productive conversations
aware of drone attacks on the uss carney, and commercial vessels that happened earlier today. let s go right to and miss nbc s erin standing by for us at the white house. what more do we know about these developments in the red sea? alex, our pentagon team has been able to confirm from defense officials that the uss carney destroyed a houthi drone today in the southern red sea. w ase understand it, that drone was headed towards the ship at the same time itsaw at least one ballistic missil fired at commercial ship. that ship goes by the name unity explore. the carney responded t that ships distress signal at the time, and had to oot down another houthi drone that was headed towards the two ship at that point. this all apparently happened over the course of several hours today, and the official here alsosays that multiple commercial ships were attacked by yemen-based houthi missiles today. at we re getting from the houthis, and you should understand the source here, ayhat the
to you. the reid out starts now. tonight on the reid out. donald trump poses a direct threat to every fundamental american value. he doesn t care about you, only himself and will hurt anyone and anything in pursuit of power. republican adam kensinger endorsing president biden as they try their best to lower expectations and make absurd accusations about biden. the supreme court has sprung another leak, this time accidentally releasing what appears to be a draft decision in an ohio abortion case. we begin with a question to pierce through the noise about the debate. will it matter? as a concept, it matters deeply. a democracy depends on pitching policies for the country. that s a normal part of an election, candidates who present themselves in a civil way as they have done since the beginning of the country. that s not what we have. we have a normal president and a former president who rants and rambles and lies. a 44 count felon and coup plotter who tried to stea
blueprint for a second term and why she s getting involved in the most expensive race in history. did louisiana open a door for christian nationalists ischemic we re mandating the 10 commandments in schools. a new documentary using comity to combat misogyny and change opinions about abortion. the heritage foundation s plan to transform the nation into a trump dystopia. it would provide him a blueprint for a potential second term. yesterday, my colleagues have the chance to sit down with kevin roberts, president of the heritage foundation and top architect for project 2025. you reject it was a plan cook top for the second coming of the administration came we couldn t do that. we are nonpartisan. i would have been thrilled if president biden asked for a briefing. setting aside the laughable claim that it would ve been thrilled to work with biden, throughout the interview, he laid out a series of points that made him sound indistinguishable from donald trump like wan